Expressive Skills

What is:

Use of the eyes to enhance performance or interpretative qualities

• Focus

• Projection

• Facial Expressions

• Spatial Awareness

What is:

The energy the dancer uses to connect with and draw in the audience.

• Focus

• Projection

• Sensitivity to Other Dancers

• Spatial Awareness

What is:

Use of the face to show mood, feeling or character.

• Musicality

• Projection

• Sensitivity to Other Dancers

• Spatial Awareness

What is:

Consciousness of the surrounding space and its effective use.

• Musicality

• Projection

• Phrasing

• Spatial Awareness

What is:

Awareness of and connection to other dancers.

• Musicality

• Communicating Choreographic Intent

• Sensitivity to Other Dancers

• Spatial Awareness

What is:

The ability to make the unique qualities of the

accompaniment evident in performance.

• Musicality

• Communicating Choreographic Intent

• Sensitivity to Other Dancers

• Spatial Awareness

What is:

The way in which the energy is distributed in the execution of a movement phrase.

• Musicality

• Communicating Choreographic Intent

• Phrasing

• Spatial Awareness

What is:

The intent of the dance. What the choreographer wants to achieve - mood, meaning, idea, theme

• Musicality

• Communicating Choreographic Intent

• Focus

• Spatial Awareness

Outline one way you would improve your use of Projection

Outline one way you would improve your use of Focus